Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-14
woRK OF THE sUILDERs.

Very Dull Season-HOpes That It
 Wtll be Brighter Soon-Houses That
 Are to be Erected-Transfers of Real
 Estate.
 There is very little going on just at present in building circles. In fact there has not been much this summer. The different con- tractors in this line are naturally not doing much. There are but few private dwellings being built this summer and most of the houses are for tenements, and the few com p1eted are of tEe same kind. A prominent architect said yesterday: 'tThis dullness is due to the strikes Nobody seems to be willing to build now, but when the warm weather passes by the business will un- doubtedly be good deal better" Another architect said: ''The season has | been very dull, much more so than usual. I | have just taken in two or three small jobs, l which am figuring on. Things will bright | en up, in all probability, soon." Elihu H. Sperry of 2S4 Whalley avenue is soon to erect a double house on York street, between Chapel and Elm. The build ! ing will be of brick, its dimensions being 4Sx79. The cost of erecting the building will be about.$17 .060 and when completed, ! with all its outside ornamentation, it will present an elegant appearance h. Ut. Rus
 rell is the architect who drew the plans.
 Work has been commenced on dwelling house on Orange street above Audubon
 which is being built by Councilman H. O..
 Warren It will cost about $10,0 900 and is l to be of the modern fancy style, made of
 brick. The residence will be a handsome
 one. Allen & Tyler, the architects, drew the plans.
 builders, is to erect block of houses on
 Whalley avenue, 36x67, which will cost about $1O,000. The building will be two
 stories high with an attic. This will be a
 very pretty building. Russell is the archi- tect.
 A tenement building is going to be erected
 on Orchard street by Allen D. Baldwin, the
 mason builder. Its dimensions will be 29x
 48 It will be three stories high and of
 brick, and will cost about $5. 900. | REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
 Transfers of real estate have not been by any means brisk. During the last three days l there has not been one recorded at the town clerks office. On Friday and Saturday last \ the following were made:
 1 Lawrence J. Matthews and Catharine Matthews to Ann GaTyey, wife of John B. ! Garvev 80 feet on east side of Elliott street. 112 feet more or less deep.
 | William E. Davis to Horace P. Headley, 33 feet on south side of Oak street 100 feet deep.
 William O. Armstrong to Lewis L. Gil bert, triangular piece of land 29 feet on north side of Sylvan avenue. Caroline A. Pratt to Samuel w. Hurl- burt, 23 feet more or less on south side of Chapel street and 89 feet more or less on l west side of High street with buildings ! thereon.
 Mary Knowlton to Lizzie Carey, 30 feet on north side of Wooster street formerly | called Cherry streeD with buildings thereon. 1 William Coughlan to Ellen Hammell, AZ feet on east side of Franklin street and 103 | feet deep more or less with the buildings thereon; also 35 feet on west side of James street with buildings thereon and 100 feet deep; also 30 feet on east side of Franklin street, 194 feet deep, with buildings thereon. Edward Hammell to William Coughlan, 42 feet on east side of Franklin street, 35 l feet on west side of James street, and 75 l feet more or less on east side of Franklin street.
 Massena Clark to Timothy Egan, 30 feet on east side of Morris street 150 feet deep.
 Edward Malley to F. J. Fuller of Quincy,
 Mass, 40 feet on west side of Greenwood street and 120 feet deep.